144: Chapter 60 One Heart Crisp_3 144: Chapter 60 One Heart Crisp_3 “This is a magical artifact,”
Li Ping’an declared solemnly,
“Seeing that you don’t like to use the Hidden Dust Technique either, this hairpin can prevent others from prying into your Primordial Soul.
You can wear it when you go out.”
Ningning Mu’s eyelashes fell slightly as she lowered her head to angle the hairpin and took a mirror to inspect it carefully.
The woman in the mirror had changed a lot since she first ascended the mountain.
Ningning Mu’s heart fluttered with thoughts of the whispers of fellow disciples who had already found their Taoist companions, and she couldn’t help but bite her lip gently.
Images of Li Ping’an discussing Tao at the Daoguanhai Building came to her mind, and she thought of the three sisters from the Yuan Sect, and her master’s warning…
Indecision brings chaos!
‘Ningning Mu, oh Ningning Mu, you practice the way of the sword, how can you be so indecisive?’
She took a deep breath in secret, couldn’t help but stand straighter, pursed her lips a few times, then suddenly looked up behind Li Ping’an.
Li Ping’an turned instinctively, only to see nothing behind him.
A faint fragrance wafted in the air beside him as Ningning Mu rose from her reclining chair and suddenly bowed deeply.
Li Ping’an suppressed the ‘lightning counterattack’ reflex in his body, turned back and saw Ningning Mu holding out a wrapped package with both hands, her head bowed and waist bent, as if offering a toast, handing the package over.
Two mandarin ducks were drawn on the package with a light brush.
The cave dwelling fell quiet for a moment.
Qing Su, who was meditating next to the hot spring, couldn’t help but tilt her head and peek outside.
Li Ping’an wondered, “What is this?”
Ningning Mu stammered and dared not to look at Li Ping’an, but said, “It’s sweets I made!
Please accept them, brother-disciple!”
Li Ping’an asked, “Is there any particular meaning?”
Ningning Mu shut her eyes tightly, “No particular meaning!
It’s just something I made for brother-disciple to taste!”
Suddenly, the voice of Uncle-Master Qing Su came from aside:
“Is it ‘Together Forever Pastry’?
I have eaten it as a child.
It takes a day or two to grind various Spiritual Objects into a ‘together forever’ pattern.
It is usually something the disciples of Caiyun Peak prepare before they leave.”
Inside the ‘Together Forever Pastry’ there is also a rare Spirit Grass called ‘Heart-knowing Grass’, it is said that after eating it, one can understand the feelings of those around them.”
Together Forever Pastry?
For non-Heavenly Immortal disciples to move out of Caiyun Peak usually signifies marriage…
Is this a sweet made before one gets married?
Li Ping’an immediately grasped something of the profound symbolism of the sweet and was about to accept the meaningful pastry when Ningning Mu had already lost control of her Dao heart.
She turned and ran, thrusting the paper package into Li Ping’an’s hands before covering her cheeks with her hands and streaks of cloud-smoke appeared under her feet.
“I’m going back to cultivate!
Uncle-Master, why did you say it out loud?
Ningning Mu had already fled the cave dwelling, dashing towards Caiyun Peak with the fastest speed she had ever managed.
Li Ping’an smiled with narrowed eyes, carefully storing away the item as a means to tease her in the future.
Who would have thought, the sisters of Caiyun Peak had so many odd ‘tactics’.
Li Ping’an felt cheerful and hummed a tune he couldn’t recall where he had heard, as he performed a smoke evasion technique and entered the passageway behind the bookcase, hurrying towards his underground room.
Shortly after, Li Ping’an frowned tightly.
He looked at a stone table filled with various tools and parts, where hundreds of pieces were now neatly and categorically placed.
When had his teacher ever cleaned the room?
For the past two years, aside from her personal clothing, he had been the one organizing everything around his master’s room.
Li Ping’an called out telepathically, “Master, has anyone visited our place recently?”
Qing Su replied, “Not that I’m aware of.”
“Did you help your disciple tidy up?”
Thinking Li Ping’an was referring to the decorations in his own bedroom, Qing Su replied telepathically, “Yes, I did tidy up a little.”
Li Ping’an breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, “Understood, you continue cultivating.”
Meanwhile, the venerable ancestor Kongming quietly appeared in a room in the corner of the main hall of Castcloud Hall, calling Li Dazhi over to have a word.
The founding ancestor of Wanyun Sect was now truly at a loss.